| Description |
3 videodiscs (ca. 720 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
| System Details |
DVD ; NTSC, full screen ; stereo. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Cast |
Michael Sandel. |
| Credits |
Edited by Michael Rothenberg; executive producer, Brigid Sullivan. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
"[This] course aims to help viewers become more critically-minded thinkers about the moral decisions we all face in our everyday lives"--Container. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. The moral side of murder & The case for cannibalism ; Putting a price tag on life & How to measure pleasure ; Free to choose & Who owns me? ; This land is my land & / Consenting adults -- disc 2. Hired guns & For sale: motherhood ; Mind your motive & The supreme principle of morality ; A lesson in lying & A deal is a deal ; What's a fair start? & What do we deserve? -- disc 3. Applying affirmative action & What's the purpose? ; The good citizen & Freedom vs. fit ; The claims of community & Where our loyalty lies ; Debating same-sex marriage & The good life. |
| Note |
Special features: An excerpt from the book, Justice : what's the right thing to do? ; discussion guides ; access to the program Web site, JusticeHarvard.org. |
| Summary |
Harvard University professor Michael Sandel presents students with ethical dilemmas on modern day issues -- such as affirmative action and same-sex marriage -- then conducts lively, engaging, and remarkably intimate debates that challenge students moral reasoning. |
| Subject |
Justice.
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Political science -- Philosophy.
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Reasoning -- Philosophy.
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Ethics -- Philosophy.
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| Genre/Form |
Nonfiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Sandel, Michael J.
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Harvard University.
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WGBH Educational Foundation.
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PBS Distribution (Firm)
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| Added Title |
What's the right thing to do? |
| ISBN |
0793670942 |
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9780793670949 |
| Standard No. |
841887010955 |
| Music No. |
JWRT600 PBS Distribution |
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